The Badgers shot 21.9 per cent from the floor, 14-for-64; and 29.4 per cent from beyond the 3-point arc in a road loss that dropped their record to 6-14.

McPherson led all players with 13 rebounds.

It was Brock’s second loss in as many games to a school from Waterloo. McPherson, with 16 points, 16 rebounds; Smith, 12 points; Kristin Gallant, 11 points; and Murdoch, 10 points; were top contributors for Brock in a 73-58 loss at home to the Laurier Golden Hawks.

Sarah Dillon, who played high school hoops at Confederation in Welland, had 10 points off the bench for Laurier.

Next up for the Badgers are 6 p.m. starts at home Friday and Saturday against the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

Lakehead entered the week third in the West Division with a 12-8 record.

Home sweet home?

Home is where the heart is, but what about wins?

Brock’s men’s hockey team hopes so.

The Badgers will be home for the first time in four games when they host the Toronto Varsity Blues Friday.

A victory in the 7:15 p.m. faceoff at Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre would snap a two-game losing streak and avenge a 3-2 overtime loss to the Varsity Blues in the opening game on the home-and-home season series.

Brock is coming off a 3-2 loss to the Waterloo Warriors and a 5-2 setback to the Windsor Lancers.

Mack Lemmon and Dexter Weber found the back of the net for Brock against Waterloo. Cosimo Fontana and Mitch Nardi netted goals versus Windsor.

The regular season for Brock wraps up Saturday at home against the Ryerson Rams. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

Another one-goal loss

Brock earned a consolation point in 1-0 overtime road loss the Guelph Gryphons in women’s university hockey.

For the 8-3-7-3 Badgers, the result was all-too-familiar. Five of their 10 losses this season have been by one goal.

Heading into the weekend Brock currently is seventh in the West Division with 33 points. The Badgers are four points ahead of the Laurentian Voyaguers and five ahead of the Waterloo Warriors, who both have three games in hand.

Brock has three games remaining in league play: Saturday, at Nipissing Lakers; Sunday, at Laurentian; Saturday, Feb. 17, home to York Lions.

Track and field standouts

To say Brock hurdler Anna Wojtis jumped out of the starting game at the York Open track and field meet would be an understatement.

On Friday night she ran the 60-metre hurdles in a season-best 9.27 secoonds. She finished the 60 metres in 8.02 seconds the following day, also a personal best for the season.

Kwaku Bonsu’s personal best of 7.08 seconds in the 60 m nearly beat the Brock record of 7.07 seconds in the same event.

Other personal bests for Brock at the Toronto met were set by Jeremy Mol, 600 m, 1:25.97; and Ben Gadsby, 300 m, 36.63 seconds; in his OUA debut.

Brock’s track and field team will be competing in the Windsor Team Challenge this weekend.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Basketball player Dani Elgadi enjoyed a happy homecoming on the hardware and, as a bonus, outscored his younger brother on the way to being named Brock University’s top male athlete for the week ending Sunday.

The fifth-year-humanities major, a Waterloo native, averaged 21 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game in wins over the Laurier Golden Hawks, 73-69, on the road; and Waterloo Warriors, 100-78, at home.

Fadi Elgadi, a sophomore at Waterloo, had three offensive rebounds in eight minutes of playing time for the Warriors.